Branches twisted into serpentines. Jungle of lush vegetation. Where green meets its true form. Nature takes various and strange shapes.
Where a lion walks among the living with a medicine jug, healing their broken modern souls. Where cygnets feed on duckweed immensely, twisting their long necks trying to escape their getters. Where tall grass obscures modern industriality.
Where long-tailed magpies rule and lurk.
Squirrels search for seagulls, pigeons, and nuts.
Kingfisher darts along the river.
Mallard, moorhen, and coot are also residents.
Banded demoiselle damselfly during the summer months.
There is peace enclosed in the shape of an autumn leaf.
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Mescaline Brisset
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
so you want to be a writer? – Charles Bukowski
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